Miesha Tate became the first women to beat Holly Holm in mixed martial arts and did so in impressive fashion, submitting the women's bantamweight champion with a guillotine choke at 3:30 of the fifth round.

Holm spent much of the fight warding off Tate's takedown attempts.

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After a dangerous second round in which Tate nearly finished the fight, Holm responded with two strong rounds. But in the fifth round Tate took a risk going for a wild takedown attempt. She got Holm's back and put her to sleep.

The first round saw Holm and Tate show great caution in their approach. After a lengthy feeling-out process, Holm engaged with some crisp striking, peppering Tate with jabs and straight rights. Tate showed a more technical and well-rounded striking game than Holm's last opponent, Ronda Rousey.

In the second round, Tate finally was able to use her world-class wrestling to get Holm to the ground. Tate took side control with just over three minutes remaining and proceeded to batter Holm with elbows and punches to the body. Holm was able to escape a kimura attempt, but when she attempted to posture up Tate took her back and sunk in both hooks. Tate spent the better part of 90 seconds attempting to finish Holm with a guillotine, but the champ showed great perseverance and was able to survive the round.

The third round was just like the first: Holm attempting to score with combinations and big kicks but unable to land any significant shots. She was able to stymie all three of Tate's takedown attempts, which may have been enough to steal the round. The fourth round saw much of the same, with Holm able to finally land a few significant shots and keep Tate from landing any successful takedowns.

Tate's durability and well-roundedness forced Holm to apply a more conservative game plan, like she did in her first two UFC fights, both resulting in underwhelming victories. In the fifth round Tate forced this issue with takedowns, and Holm responded with several good counter strikes, including a great left hook, right kick to the body combination.

But that's when Tate finally landed the takedown and was able to sink in a standing guillotine. Holm tried fighting it off, but was unable to and eventually was put to sleep.